TY - BOOK AU - Ramey,Jessie B. TI - Child care in black and white: working parents and the history of orphanages T2 - The working class in American history SN - 9780252094422 AV - HV995 .C455 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press KW - Orphanages KW - Pennsylvania KW - Pittsburgh KW - History KW - Children KW - Institutional care KW - Working poor KW - Poor women KW - Race discrimination KW - Race relations KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Institutionalizing orphans : the founding and managing women --; Raising orphans : the child care dilemma of families in crisis --; Boarding orphans : working parents' use of orphanages as child care --; Fathering orphans : gender and institutional child care --; Reforming orphans : progressive reformers and staff in the development of child care organizations --; Segregating orphans : the Home for Colored Children --; Conclusion : contesting orphans; 2; b N2 - This innovative study examines the development of institutional childcare from 1878 to 1929, based on a comparison of two 'sister' orphanages in Pittsburgh: the all-white United Presbyterian Orphan's Home and the all-black Home for Colored Children UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=569572&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -